This server, it fluctuates?
March 3, 2009 3:55 AM Subscribe
The load on this graph shows the server load spiking about every 1.5 hours. I'm trying to find out why.
A few things:
I do not have root access to the box. It is owned by 1&1 in Germany. A CMS called TYPO3 is installed on the box and it has a MySQL database behind it.
I have been having some performance issues (slow down, timeouts) with this server and I am trying to see if these spikes have anything to do with it. However, the times of the issues are quite intermittent and do not seem to correspond to the spikes.
My first guess is that due to the regularity of the spikes, it is a cronjob or something running every 1.5 hours. However when I'm logged in via ssh and type crontab -l, I get "crontab: no crontab for USER". So, if it is a crontab, it's probably running at the root level. Is there a way to view all cron processes for all users? Does anybody know of any common processes that would do this?
Another idea is that it might be some kind of bot that is accessing the server at regular intervals, but I can't find any evidence in my logs to point to that.
Is there any sort of log filtering software that would make it easier to specifically determine this kind of thing?
A few things:
I do not have root access to the box. It is owned by 1&1 in Germany. A CMS called TYPO3 is installed on the box and it has a MySQL database behind it.
I have been having some performance issues (slow down, timeouts) with this server and I am trying to see if these spikes have anything to do with it. However, the times of the issues are quite intermittent and do not seem to correspond to the spikes.
My first guess is that due to the regularity of the spikes, it is a cronjob or something running every 1.5 hours. However when I'm logged in via ssh and type crontab -l, I get "crontab: no crontab for USER". So, if it is a crontab, it's probably running at the root level. Is there a way to view all cron processes for all users? Does anybody know of any common processes that would do this?
Another idea is that it might be some kind of bot that is accessing the server at regular intervals, but I can't find any evidence in my logs to point to that.
Is there any sort of log filtering software that would make it easier to specifically determine this kind of thing?
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I could answer your question, explaining to you in precise detail and to your complete satisfaction exactly what is going on. But since you've posted this to the wrong site, I'm not going to. I'm so sorry.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:04 AM on March 3, 2009
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:04 AM on March 3, 2009
Blue green color blindness can be a very serious symptom.
posted by Ghidorah at 4:04 AM on March 3, 2009
posted by Ghidorah at 4:04 AM on March 3, 2009
xyzzy
posted by orthogonality at 4:05 AM on March 3, 2009
posted by orthogonality at 4:05 AM on March 3, 2009
plugh
posted by orthogonality at 4:05 AM on March 3, 2009
posted by orthogonality at 4:05 AM on March 3, 2009
get bird
posted by orthogonality at 4:06 AM on March 3, 2009
posted by orthogonality at 4:06 AM on March 3, 2009
This would make more sense, if you weren't already so experienced around here...
posted by sunshinesky at 4:06 AM on March 3, 2009
posted by sunshinesky at 4:06 AM on March 3, 2009
This graph is one of the strangest things I've seen in some time. I have no idea how this person got their spikes wedged into their server, or why.
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:06 AM on March 3, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:06 AM on March 3, 2009 [1 favorite]
Someone answer it quick before those fuckers at AskMe have a chance.
posted by gman at 4:06 AM on March 3, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by gman at 4:06 AM on March 3, 2009 [1 favorite]
I think the problem is that you have server space at 1&1.
posted by snofoam at 4:09 AM on March 3, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by snofoam at 4:09 AM on March 3, 2009 [1 favorite]
Dump the lawyer and get yourself a doctor!
posted by Pollomacho at 4:12 AM on March 3, 2009
posted by Pollomacho at 4:12 AM on March 3, 2009
what's the difference between doner man & chillmost?
doner man spikes some meat; chillmost meets some spikes.
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:13 AM on March 3, 2009 [2 favorites]
doner man spikes some meat; chillmost meets some spikes.
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:13 AM on March 3, 2009 [2 favorites]
I feel dumb. First the Döner man, now this.
Hey, chillmost, Döner take it so hard, man!
And hey, speaking of Döner...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:14 AM on March 3, 2009
Hey, chillmost, Döner take it so hard, man!
And hey, speaking of Döner...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:14 AM on March 3, 2009
Lümütüd Edition is so the name of my metal band!
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:17 AM on March 3, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:17 AM on March 3, 2009 [1 favorite]
I was here!
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 4:17 AM on March 3, 2009
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 4:17 AM on March 3, 2009
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